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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [89r] (182/502)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SCHEDULE No. I—
Complaints of British Subjects.
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Case of Parbhoodass Parshotum, a Bri
tish subject of Neriad_, who was beaten in
order to extort confession at Wagdode^, in
the Pntton District.
Case of Bapoojee Cursetjee referred to in
para. 5 of Resident's letter No. -ff|- of
1873, dated 18th August, as a " Parsee
who claims to be a British subject of
the Surat Zillah, who has been seized
and imprisoned and severely beaten by
the Gae^war officials at Nowsari, &a,
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thing in order to show m}^ handwriting. I wrote something.
The statement alleged to be in my name and to be signed by
me, was not made by me. The signature is not mine. It is
a forgery. After I had given a specimen of my handwriting,
I was taken off to the police station and from thence to jail.
Four days after I was taken to jail, I was told hy Bulwant-
rao Yeshwant that my sentence was 14 years' imprisonment,
I do not understand how it comes to pass that my sentence
is entered in the proceedings as one year only. My mother,
who was with me when I was arrested, knows that I was sen
tenced to imprisonment for 14 years, and not for one year as
is stated in the proceedings.
" I was taken off to prison in the month of -Iprii « I do not
understand why the decision in my case was only record
ed June Qth, 1873. I was not present before the Fouzdar,
and formally charged by him on June 6th, 1873. I was then
in prison and had been in prison about a month and a half.^
(Forwarded to the Commission on the 12th December 1873.)
R. PHAYRE,
Resident.
The following statement has been made by the petitioner:—
" I am a British subject residing at Neriad. I went to Jugral,
in Button, to see some relatives. I was arrested by Fut-
teyranv, Fouzdar of Putton, in connection with an alleged
charge of theft. I was severely flogged in the Kutcherry for
the purpose of extorting confession of a crime which I never
committed. No stolen property has been recovered.""
From this and other cases that have occurred and are at present
taking place in the Nowsari District of the Gaekwar State
[vide case No. 65 of Schedule II.), the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
officials there,
who are represented as being generally speaking the
relatives and friends of persons in power at Baroda, seem to be
determined not only to defeat the ends of justice, but to frus
trate the object of the Commission of Inquiry as much as
possible.
I find from my records that on the 11th of August, I forwarded
Bapoojee Cursetjee's case to Mr, Hope, the Magistrate of Surat,
in which were included such papers as the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
had to
bring forward relative to his claim to be a British subject and
his seizure in his house situated within British territory.
Owing to some obstacles which have been unaccounted for, the
complainant, Bapojee Cursetjee, and his friends, did not appear
in the Magistrate's Court as ordered by me ; and it was not
till the 18th September that I received the prima facie case
from Mr. Hope, who requested me to move the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
to
surrender to the Magistrate, Manajee, the Fouzdar of Now
sari, and Ruttunjee Framjee Daba^ also of Nowsari, and cer
tain peons of the Nowsari Tanna, against all of whom a
prima facie case of unlawful seizure from British territory had
been mad^. out; also that as the above persons were appar
ently acting under the orders of the Soobha of the District,
Narayenrao Rugoonath, the request was preferred that ; he
might be suspended from office as an abettor of this unlawful
seizure
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Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (Secretary).
The report comprises a letter from the members of the Baroda Enquiry Commission to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department presenting their report on the results of the proceedings and submitting copies of correspondence, reports and statements relative to the enquiry (ff 5-19):
Appendix A, Part I
- Schedules I-III: Complaints and grievances against the Gaekwar's Government from individuals and groups (ff 21-78).
- Appendix B, Schedules I-III: Cases of complaint and grievance which the commission did not look into during the enquiry (ff 79-81).
- Appendix C: Letter from Colonel Richard John Meade, President, Special Commission of Enquiry on Baroda Affairs, to Colonel Robert Phayre, Resident at Baroda, 1 November 1873 (ff 82-83).
- Appendix D: Translation of an amended notice issued by the Resident to complainants desirous of appearing before the Baroda Enquiry Commission (ff 84-85).
- Appendix E: Schedules presented to the Commission along with Colonel Phayre's introductory statement regarding them. (ff 86-131).
- Appendix F: Letter No. 1128 of 1873 from Colonel Phayre to the President, Baroda Commission regarding the cases already submitted to the Commission, the List of undisposed petitions to be attended to by the Resident which could be used as additional cases if required and the statements that he had yet to make on cases under enquiry by the Commission (ff 132-133).
- Appendix G, Schedule I: Statements from witnesses with cross examination statements from the Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). on behalf of the Gaekwar and statements from the Resident as to the accuracy of the information provided (ff 134-229).
Appendix Part II (ff 231-245)
- Letter from James Braithwaite Peile, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kattywar [Kathiawar] to T D Mackenzie, Secretary, Baroda Commission, 13 December 1873 regarding papers requested by the Commission and informing them that the outstanding paper will be forwarded as soon as they are received. Enclosed with the letter are a memorandum from Peile for reconstitution of His Highness the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar, 13 December 1873 and Rule for the guidance of the Officers and Kamdars appointed to the Contingent of Horse of His Highness the Gaekwar, serving in the various Tributary Mahals according to treaty.
- Letter from Peile to Mackenzie, 6 January 1874, forwarding a report and returns received from Colonel Walker, Superintendent to the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar and stating that he does not concur with the Colonel's opinion. Enclosed with this letter is a letter from Colonel Chamberlen William Walker, 30 December 1873, providing the information on the Contingent requested by the Commission and enclosing an extract of the Contingents annual report for 1871 and a statement of the men within the Contingent on duty under officials paid by Talukdars etc, 06 March 1872.
- Letters from John Whaley Watson, Acting Political Superintendent Pahlanpur [Palanpur], Captain Henry Nicholas Reeves, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Major Philip Harrison Le Geyt, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Mahi Kanta [Mahi Kantha] to the secretary of the Baroda Commission 19 December 1873 to 9 January 1874 reporting on the Gaekwar's contingents serving within their districts and commenting on numbers of men, pay and conditions. The letters all refer to enclosed returns, but only the return for Mahi Kanta is included in the report.
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Foliation: the main sequence of foliation consists of a small pencil number in the top front right hand corner of each folio enclosed in a circle.
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